{"id":13964,"date":"2023-06-15T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imph.org\/?p=13964"},"modified":"2023-06-15T17:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:30:32","slug":"new-report-looks-at-isolation-in-south-carolinas-senior-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imph.org\/new-report-looks-at-isolation-in-south-carolinas-senior-population\/","title":{"rendered":"New report looks at isolation in South Carolina's senior population"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Tuesday, the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health, in partnership with the state Department on Aging, released a report outlining the state of loneliness and isolation among South Carolina\u2019s seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its conclusions are what IMPH Director Maya Pack hopes will be a wakeup call to residents, government leaders, and the healthcare field to pay close attention to the effects of being alone late in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSocial connection is a major health determinant that is not typically discussed,\u201d Pack says. \u201cThere is substantial evidence that shows a strong correlation between social isolation and major physical and mental health challenges and their associated costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, geography, disability, and socioeconomic status are major factors influencing senior isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full story by Scott Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcarolinapublicradio.org\/sc-news\/2023-06-13\/new-report-looks-at-isolation-in-south-carolinas-senior-population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health, in partnership with the state Department on Aging, released a report outlining the state of loneliness and isolation among South Carolina\u2019s seniors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"work-type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13966,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964\/revisions\/13966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13964"},{"taxonomy":"work-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work-type?post=13964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}